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Dr. Joseph Ladapo again raised concerns about the delivery of "nucleic acid contaminants" in the vaccines and the "risk of DNA integration" into cells. And again, the FDA stood behind the science.

Adult doses got shipped first, CDC director Mandy Cohen said. Doses for the under-12 set have begun shipping, and “the supply is filling out.”

Some people have had to cancel appointments because their insurance hasn’t updated the billing codes to cover the vaccines. Others signed up for an appointment, only to have it canceled due to supply issues.

A tornado that ripped through a Pfizer plant in Rocky Mount, N.C., raised worries about shortages of medicines used in hospitals. The drugs include commonly used painkillers and anesthetics.

A tornado that tore through eastern North Carolina and struck a large Pfizer pharmaceutical plant has damaged its drug storage facility but not its medicine production areas.

The company says its factory near Rocky Mount, North Carolina, makes nearly 25% of Pfizer's sterile injectable medicines used in U.S. hospitals

The shortage comes as there has been a steady increase in rates of syphilis since 2000. Inventory can start depleting as early as this month, Pfizer said.

The medication has been used by millions of Americans since the FDA granted it emergency use authorization in late 2021. The FDA has the final say on giving Pfizer's drug full approval and is expected to decide by May.

Pfizer plans to let the biotech drug developer continue innovating, except with more resources. Seagen's key products use monoclonal antibodies that help deliver a cancer-killing drug while sparing surrounding tissue.

The government soon will stop paying for the covid drug that has proved to be the most effective at keeping patients alive and out of the hospital.